Import/export HS code 03038990: Various fish, frozen

Frozen fish not specified elsewhere

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* UK only, last 24 months analysed

Imports by country

What this shows: Import market volume by exporter country into the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
China 6,500,820
India 3,818,246
Indonesia 3,689,375
Argentina 3,613,380
Canada 3,017,960

Countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month volume, right side by second 12-month volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
China 3,811,184 2,689,636 -1,121,548
India 2,118,568 1,699,678 -418,890
Indonesia 2,009,745 1,679,630 -330,115
Argentina 1,773,228 1,840,152 +66,924
Canada 1,523,925 1,494,035 -29,890
Netherlands 500,659 443,799 -56,860
United States 232,571 526,802 +294,231
South Africa 400,517 324,878 -75,639
Viet Nam 326,796 220,649 -106,147
New Zealand 51,665 479,331 +427,666

Imports by country of origin

What this shows: Import volume by production origin country. Differences from exporter-country data can indicate re-export routes.

Top 5 values

Origin £
China 6,920,672
India 3,875,818
Indonesia 3,849,427
Argentina 3,722,312
Canada 3,083,359

Country of origin rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
China 4,003,592 2,917,080 -1,086,512
India 2,113,531 1,762,287 -351,244
Indonesia 1,956,929 1,892,498 -64,431
Argentina 1,882,160 1,840,152 -42,008
Canada 1,407,176 1,676,183 +269,007
United States 679,942 595,121 -84,821
South Africa 400,517 324,878 -75,639
New Zealand 51,665 516,949 +465,284
Viet Nam 333,340 220,649 -112,691
Pakistan 220,137 206,711 -13,426

Importers across UK regions

What this shows: Number of importing companies by UK ITL2 region.

Top 5 values

UK region Companies
Outer London - East and North East 13
Inner London - East 12
Outer London - West and North West 9
Outer London - South 7
Greater Manchester 6

UK regions rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: UK regions are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month importer count, right side by second 12-month importer count, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

UK region First 12m Second 12m Delta
Outer London - East and North East 10 10 +0
Inner London - East 10 11 +1
Outer London - West and North West 9 7 -2
Outer London - South 6 5 -1
Greater Manchester 5 4 -1
West Midlands 5 3 -2
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire 4 4 +0
Essex 3 3 +0
Inner London - West 1 3 +2
East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 2 3 +1

Import volume by transport

What this shows: Import value by transport mode used to bring goods into the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 25,249,563
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 1,339,602
Other 814,333
Air transport 87,271

Transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 13,284,179 11,965,384 -1,318,795
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 668,081 671,521 +3,440
Other 127,331 687,002 +559,671
Air transport 79,285 7,986 -71,299

Import volume by port

What this shows: Import value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
Felixstowe 11,025,447
London Gateway Port 6,859,655
Southampton 3,745,952
Immingham Docks 3,227,263
Liverpool Docks 1,005,057

Port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month import value, right side by second 12-month import value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Felixstowe 6,165,802 4,859,645 -1,306,157
London Gateway Port 3,452,924 3,406,731 -46,193
Southampton 1,867,927 1,878,025 +10,098
Immingham Docks 1,554,620 1,672,643 +118,023
Liverpool Docks 556,587 448,470 -108,117
000 127,331 687,002 +559,671
Eurotunnel 137,160 109,082 -28,078
Dover 83,092 83,433 +341
London Heathrow Airport 79,285 7,986 -71,299
Portsmouth 35,131 45,701 +10,570

Importer companies by SIC division

What this shows: Industry breakdown (SIC divisions) of importing companies.

Top 5 values

SIC Companies
Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 73
Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles 17
Food and beverage service activities 8
Manufacture of food products 5
Fishing and aquaculture 2

Importer companies over time

What this shows: Monthly count of unique importing companies.

Latest 5

Month Companies
2025-11 18
2025-10 19
2025-09 24
2025-08 25
2025-07 15

Top importers

What this shows: Companies with the highest number of months traded for this HS code.

Importer company size by revenue band

What this shows: Distribution of importers across company revenue bands.

Top 5 values

Revenue Companies
1m-15m 48
15m-54m 22
54m+ 11
0-1m 9
Other 1

Import seasonality

What this shows: Average monthly import pattern from historical data.

Exports by country

What this shows: Export market volume by destination country from the UK.

Top 5 values

Country £
India 178,446
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 168,505
Poland 162,780
Ireland 128,461
Thailand 118,045

Export countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Destination countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export volume, right side by second 12-month export volume, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Country First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
India 30,074 148,372 +118,298
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 99,360 69,145 -30,215
Poland 138,086 24,694 -113,392
Ireland 78,081 50,380 -27,701
Thailand 81,988 36,057 -45,931
Cayman Islands 60,373 45,644 -14,729
Germany 70,117 10,977 -59,140
Jordan 38,131 25,832 -12,299
Malaysia 35,290 19,949 -15,341
Netherlands 19,674 15,646 -4,028

Exports by country of origin

What this shows: Export volume by production origin country. For re-exports, indicates where goods originated before UK export.

Top 5 values

Origin £
XI 319,378
XU 48,405

Export origin countries rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Origin countries are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Origin First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
XI 256,225 63,153 -193,072
XU 21,278 27,127 +5,849

Export volume by transport

What this shows: Export value by transport mode used to ship goods from the UK.

Top 5 values

Transport £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 752,341
Other 367,783
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 129,103
Air transport 5,895

Export transport rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Transport modes are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Transport First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
Sea transport (not vehicle on ferry) 365,730 386,611 +20,881
Other 277,503 90,280 -187,223
Roll on Roll off (RORO) 90,996 38,107 -52,889
Air transport 1,747 4,148 +2,401

Export volume by port

What this shows: Export value handled by each UK port.

Top 5 values

Port £
000 367,783
Southampton 362,694
London Gateway Port 199,320
Felixstowe 164,715
Holyhead 60,172

Export port rank shift: first 12 months vs second 12 months

What this shows: Ports are on both sides of the Sankey. Left side is sorted by first 12-month export value, right side by second 12-month export value, so rank changes are visible from line crossings.

Top 10 values

Port First 12m £ Second 12m £ Delta £
000 277,503 90,280 -187,223
Southampton 240,113 122,581 -117,532
London Gateway Port 112,606 86,714 -25,892
Felixstowe 13,011 151,704 +138,693
Holyhead 42,204 17,968 -24,236
Dover / Eurotunnel 27,323 0 -27,323
Middlesbrough 0 24,681 +24,681
Liverpool Docks 11,204 4,493 -6,711
Immingham Docks 0 9,907 +9,907
Dover 8,189 0 -8,189

Quick facts

HS code: 03038990

Coverage: United Kingdom, most metrics for the last 24 months

Description: Frozen fish not specified elsewhere